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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1536 Noble Lord in a variety of eases. What he wished to gladly have seen the system altered, so as to enable them This article was almost equally in demand with pe on kn)iv was, whether any rule applicable to more than one to get high wages and b e i n d epen d en t. H e w as sure that The duty at present paid on pimento was el. a po aa u r n t). d e : tu . a n e n id r t . l un on had been laid down on this point. If so, the Corn- Hon. Members were wrong in not desiring to do anything the price of it in bond was also sd. a pound ;he ro d p pose rnissioner s had wholly neglected that provision of the Act to prevent the poor depening on the parish and from that th ere s h o uld be a reduction of duty to 3d. m which required them, when they made any rule which was getting high wages. High wages he looked upon as a At p resen t pi men t o b o re a higher price in the Intended to be appli e d t o more th an one un ion, to give offi- test to the well-being of a country—and in this country, consequence of the duties, than it ought to do ; b u t p a royp i ohs i e n s vial information the reo f t o th e N o bl e L or d, with a view to where the people only desired to get work, and who were alteration he thought that it would fall to its re a l va l ue, i n its being communicated t o P ar li amen t. H e thought th e all industriously inclined, he th o ught it a peculiar object to comparison with pepper. He next came to cloves, the House had reason to complain that the C om missioners had secure for them high wages ; but r e a lly to hear some gen- present duty on which was 9d. a pound, and Ishould he not complied with th e p rov i s i o n s o f the Act as regarded tlemen speak about the provision for pauperism one would propose to reduce the duty to 6d. He intended t o the returns dir ec t e d t o b e ma d e to Parliament. He ad- suppose that the first right of an Englishman was to be a a similar alteration with respect to 'nese, and by thi s change mitted that the P oor -l aws Amendment Act was an experi- pauper, whereas he thought his first right was to have em- he thought that he should place the spice duty on a proper ment that ought t o b e f a i r ly tried. It had now been nearly ploymeut for his industry, and to receive the full value for footing. There were several other articles with re spect to two years in op e r a ti on , and it became important to know it. He had no objection to a discretion being left in par- which he intended to reduce the duties, but lie wo u ld not d ee bow it had w o rk e d. This could only be ascertained by di- ticular cases to Commissioners and Guardians, but if some taro the House by going through the list. He would,he wever, rectine an inqui r y ; but as the resolution moved by the general rule was not laid down on the subject of relief, lie call the attention of the Committee to one or tw o o f t h e Hon. '? Memb er f or Berks (Mr. Walter) called upon the expected that the old jobbing would again occur, and the more important articles. Great complaints had often been House to go into a general inquiry upon the subject, not poor again be rendered the sufferers.—(Cheers.) made with reference to the heavy duty on maps and charts ; now, but in th e next Session of Parliament, lie (Lord G. Mr. BROTI-lERTON said that there could be no he proposed to put maps and charts on the same footing as Somerset) did not feel disposed to support it. doubt that in many districts the present Poor Law Bill prints, and to make them pay a duty of Id. on each. fe e Lord JOHN RUSSELL be g ged, in consequence of worked well, but still he should wish to see some alterations also proposed to reduce the duty upon castor oil.—(A what fallen from the Noble Lord, to say a few words in made in it in some respects. He would allude more partieu- laugh.) Hon. Gentlemen might laugh, but he beg ge d t h at explanation. The Report of the Commissioners bad in larly to the separation of husbands from wives, and parents they would not suppose that castor oil was only t se d caastsora tact been prepared, and would have been presented before from children, and also to the difficulties thrown in the medicine. This was the old notion, and in consequen ce o f this, but that Government had felt it their duty to direct way of those confined in workhouses, attending places of this feeling a duty of ls. Gd. was at present levied on it ; some additional returns to be made. With respect to the public worship. When the Poor Law Bill was first but castor oil was used to a considerable extent in maim _ other point alluded to by the Noble Lord, namely, the introduced, he opposed it, on the ground that he then facture, as a substitute for olive oil and palm oil, An a l e rules made by th e Commissioners for the government of the thought it would be injurious to the manufacturing teration has been made with regard to the duty on i different unions, lie had only to say that the Commissioners districts ; but he was happy to be able to state the oil the produce of our own colonial possessions.)sscss:oso ,bu N o , t . eriyt . accoreling to their understanding of the Act, thought that Bill worked very well in those districts , with the excep - large quantity of it was made in our possessions, it was l e tt to them to fix the period at which those rules, in tion of some cases of hardship which it entailed. Nothing could be procured in large quantities from many p arts of every instance, should be put in force. could be more painful to a married couple who had lived the Indian Archipelago; he therefore proposed that there Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET—My question long together than to be seperated. He remembered when should not only be a reduction on the article the produce of was, wheth er the rules laid down by the Commissioners he was overseer two or three years ago, an old man and our colonies, but on castor oil the general produce o f t h e applied to more than one union ? woman applied to him for relief who had been married a East. Instead of the present duty of Is. 6d. a pound, lie Lord JOHN RUSSELL—The rules laid down in each great number of years, and they declared to him that they proposed that it should be reduced to ls. 3d. a cwt. instance are not general rules. would rather suffer death than be separated. A case had The next article he came to in which he intended to Mr. WAKLEY found, by the rules issued by the Corn- also come to his knowledge since the passing of the present propose a reduction of duty was foreign plate. At present missioners to the Board of Guardians in the metropolitan Poor Laws, where a young woman applied to him to inter- there was a duty imposed on gold and silver plate, the ma parish of St. Martin, that it was not usual under any cir- fere to procure for her aged mother the continuance of a nufacture of other countries, which was almost equal to the cumstances, without a special order from the Commis- shilling a week which had hitherto been allowed her, but value of the precious metals of which the articles were sioners, to allow aged and infirm married paupers to share was now stopped, the young woman's wish being to support made. What he proposed to do was to reduce the duty the same apartment. But one of the points upon which her mother, with the aid of this shilling a week, rather on all foreign plate introduced by parties for their own the p oor h ad the greatest ground o f comp l a i nt un d er t h e than suffer her to go to the workhouse. A third ease lie use. Under the present system constant complaints were operation of the new law was, that of medical attendance. was made acquainted with, where an old man complained of being made to him of the vexatious operation of the present Here the Hon. Gentleman read extracts from the letters being prevented from attending his own place of worship, a duties. It often happened that parties coming from the of several medical every instance where paupers, beingractitioners in the country, b neg- which it Dissenting chapel , but was compelled to listen to the sp i- Colon i es or the Continent brought with them articles of a ppeared that in ritual instructions of a clergyman of the Established Church, plate which had either been given to them, or which , lected by time surgeons - appointed by the Board of Guar- from the doctrines of which he dissented. Some of the had been so long in their possession that they dians, sought and obtained better attendance gratuitously clauses bearing upon the subjects he had alluded to were became attached to them, and if they did not pay time large elsewh ere, the were either de rived of all parochial as - revolting to every well-regulated mind ; and if they were duty, nearly equal to the value of the plate, it was battered sistance, or else shut up within the walls of the workhouse. to be carried into operation too strictly, the sooner they up. No man, he was sure, could wish for the continuance In several of these instances time coursepursued by the local were altered the better. On those grounds he should vote of this duty. He, therefore, proposed that foreign silver , p Board h ai l b een attended with great hardship and great in- for the inquiry moved for. plate entered by parties for their own use, should pay a Mr. PLUMPTRE said that to his knowledge the present duty 2s. 6d. an ounce, instead of time present duty of ss. 6d, Jury to the parties afflicted, as well as to their families. As time - Noble Lord, however had intimated his intention to consent , poor-law operated most beneficially in the county of Kent, and that the duty on foreign gold plate should be 1/. an to go into an inquiry upon this subject, he thought he should and had worked well in those districts where all feeling and ounce, instead of the present duty of 3/. 16s. an ounce. be acting unfairly if he were to dwell upon points of this considerate men wished it to work well. The next reduction he had to propose was the duty on kind. The old poor-law system was universally admitted After a f ew w ords from Col. Sibthor p , Mr. A. Trevor, rags. Lar g e q uantities of them were used as manure, and to be m ost obnoxious ; indeed, it was generally believed Mr. Richards, and Mr. G. F. Young, the gallery was were found to be productive of great benefit. On this de thatr,, no worse system could by possibility be established. c l eare d f or a division, when the numbers were— scr ipti o n of rags the duty had been reduced. What lie Tie erroneousness of that belief was now completely proved For going into the order of the day B2 now proposed was, that the duty should be reduced on sin ce . the new Poo r -l aw C omm i ss i oner s had succeeded in Against it establishi ng a s stem infinitel worse than an that ever Majority preced e d it. Yet y y the Noble Lord contended that the Act THE BRITISH FORCES IN SPAIN. Customs Act, they were considered as coming within time class h ad o p era ted very satisf ac t or ily. H e believed that the poor Captain BOLDERO wished to know whether the Bri- of woollen goods, and they thus were made to pay a duty of Bill, the country were generally dissatisfied with the tish marines under the orders of Lord John Hay, who were 15 per cent. He should propose that the duty be reduced and that they would not be- content until the Govern- serving with the army of General Evans were about to be so low that it be little more than nominal. There were ment consented to go into a full inquiry upon the subject. recalled? And also whether any of them had been taken one or two other articles which he also intended to pro- If, indeed,bad stated, the Noble Lord (Russell) believed all that he prisoners by the Carlists ; and if so whether they had pose should be inserted in the schedule. lie proposed also object to ir.q h o e i ; .3, ° . f ; e b o c u c r a s u e s , c, must be the last man that would been made liable to the ordonnance issued by Don Carlos ? to reduce the duty on certain wools used in cabinet-mak if the Bill had been attended —an ordonnance most disgraceful in its nature, and con- ing, and particularly those on rosewood. There was an oevfitlianalil the advantages he had described, the only result trary to the law of nations, and to the usages of modern war- other wood, brought from the coast of Africa, which he had to vindicate the would be to establish its usefulness, and fare.—(Hear.) He wished the Noble Secretary for Foreign inserted in the schedule, not so much for lowering the it had b the ingenuity and wisdom of those by whom Affairs would favour him with an answer t o hi s q uestion. duty as to set at rest certain difficulties which at present house asteoerny oifntaroduced. The Noble Lord had told Mr. C. WOOD observed, that the question would be existed. This article might be introduced at a low duty then gentleman who had lived on the poor- more properly addressed to him than to his Noble Friend. when brought from the British possessions in Africa ; he for it. dividual, B diet for six weeks, and found himself all the better No orders had been sent out to the northern coast of Spain p ro posed that this should be extended to all parts of Africa, But because the diet agreed with that Particular in- to withdraw the marines now serving under the orders of whether British or not. It was most desirable to extend it by no means followed that it was sufficient for Lord John Hay. With respect to the latter part of the the trade in every possible way on the coast of Africa, the sustenance Let any o of the poor, who were compelled to do work. question—alluding to the ord o nnance, which the Hon. and to induce the inhabitants to import the produce of time members of that House put themselves on Gentleman had properly designated as being contrary to those countries, by this means they . would do much towards o t il e ou al c l e o s w t e a r n , ce na a m pp e o ly rt , io 4 n 2 ed ou t u o ce t s he of po m o c r a i t n a th w e ee t k vo , r s k o ho o u nu s s e c4c a s t the laws of nations, and to the usages of modern warfare— c ivilising the pe o ple. Th e difficulties in the way of trading bread, of 8 ounces of cheese, 24 ounces of .it was not possible for him to say what course that person with Africa had been partly removed by Parliament, and Pints soup—and then at the end of six weeks , declareal might pursue who had been acting in a manner contrary to partly without having been sanctioned by time House, and all law. He was happy, however, in being able to say, he was anxious, with the consent of the Committee, to • Whethe r he felt himself better or worse.---(Hear, hear. The that as far as regarded the Royal Marines, that none of make further alterations, and to get rid of the impedi atilaleeevva:noce of the Gloucester workhouse was a starvine-allo them had fallen in the way alluded to by the Hon. Gen- merits which now prevented the extension of trade on the coast to ma . ritl yet they were told that it was amply su°fficie"n't iniodsinot,ain life, and to produce a feeling of satisfaction in the tleman, had been sacrificed by the outrageous and abomi- of Africa. He proposed, therefore, a reduction of the duty on African teak wood and wax, and to allow these articles from th e t p, ' the poor.—(Hear, hear.) But in many instances nable decree of Don Carlos. left lit .s etiome Captain BOLDER() asked, whether they were consi- all parts of the coast of Africa to be introduced at a low anee f Comfort of the poor was not limited to their allow- deredto come within Lord Eliot's treaty ? duty. There was another article the duty on which he meat and drink. The regulations generally adopted No answer was returned to the question. wished to lower—he meant verdigris. Attempts had been Commie room to doubt that the object of the Poor-law Mr. MACLEAN wished to know, whether in case of made to establish manufactures of verdigris in this country; ot t fuorstein;ohiinie s e s t ioners was to make the workhouses prisons, and an accidents or casualties happening to the British Ma- but, notwithstanding the exertions of the parties, one after order to , r disterre ts p os oor to every species of degradation and tor- rives under Lord John Hay, that a publication or Gazelle another had failed, only until one was left, and that, he be piareavoeyntbtuhieldmiosneekingt a d n asy d lum in the t i ime would be published, stating the extent of them ? He would lieved, was not of any great extent. This country did not classes the parish. It n 7 tne cost of should be more prudent s c a r ns e ac c iid e thtab a tu n itnt m itil a cl i e n is t ae a ba i o n soo e nr o ilio ai b e lasdo PP e be t c hat opportunity. of asking when . the returns he possess the raw material from which verdigris should be • I for would be laid on the table ? made, nor had we the same facilities for its manufacture that Youth they should save enough to maintain them when age theiNl H r. o C o. . WOOD, in answer to the question just put by were possessed by other countries. It had, therefore, been and infirmity should render them incapable of further Gentleman as to when he could have the returns much pressed on him by time manufacturers of this country, exertion. This was one of the favourite erguments of the late Lord Chancellor (Brougham) • but ho ' w, he would wouldrelative to . the Marines on_ the Northern coast of Spain, in which verdigris was used, to make an alteration on the state, that he (Mr. C. Wood) could not tell, for his duty now paid ° on it. He proposed to reduce the duty o f effect(lifei eoaur a t s o uffflwca ie n t saving was a young man to* hear.)ges amounting .. , Hon. Friend had given notice of a motion for two different from ls. to 6d. per lb. His Honourable Friend the Member himself at the close 6s. or a week?_semaintain nights for these returns, and yet on neither of' those occa- for Kilmarnock had given notice, that he should pro be knew to he the general rate fromof only to personal sions did the Hon. Gentleman attend in his place. If re- pose time reduction of the duty to 3d. per lb. ; but he exPeri 7s. Thiswere made to time votes, it would appear that on (Mr. C. P. Thomson) thought that the 'reduction he pro --ene'ferenceThursda as well as on a previous day, a notice stood on posed would be found quite sufficient for time object in view, m _ g _ tb Devonshire and Dorsetshire. Time Noble Lord (J. wages in the books on the subject, but the Hon. Gentleman was not H erea fter, however, if the duty did not appear to be suffi- Sol_ subject ine reluctant to pledge himself to • Russell) on e ither day. The papers had certainly not been c iently low, he should be willing to make a further red uc ti on ; P en d t the next session of Parliament,a b n o inquiry into the presen t . laidon the table ; but it had not been his fault ; he had but at present he should propose a duty of Gd. per lb. He eveeksupon it, that, before the session had continuedthemight de- laid in hi s pocket, and was ready to furnish them had the wa s a nxious to take that opportunity of calling th e atter ,. , he would find, from the many them Member made his motion. The Hon. Member, tion of the Committee to the effect of the reductions of pre sented on thesubject, le number of petitions Hon. he now proposed, both as regarded the sable for him that it would be absol 1 ' therefore,had not got time returns, because he had not the nature which It • 1 )° ute y imp os e to avoid the scrutiny With regard to the other question, he revenue and the trade of this country. might appear Mr• C P IPP so anxiously demanded. moved for them. • a S explained.beggedobserve that it was not the uniform practice on all very ridiculous to talk of the advantage of the reduction of Sir H. VERNE Y thou h " thee, to which g t the point of medical attend- occasions to lay 1, ' time att • the Hon. Member for Finsbury had directed Majesty's forces had been engaged. It was usual to do so on showed the benefit that had flowed from the system he was bar, MACLEAN of time House, particularl desirable . great occasions, but it was not the uniform practice. As fares p urs uing.—( Hear, bear.) He trusted that an exception justice ofIACLEAN complained of time hardship a n d in- g regarded any disasters in the military operations that h a d f rom t h e ru l e a pplicable to other articles would not be met in attending the rule which prevented paupers of unions from taken lace in the north of Spain in which the Marines had with in time case of the reduced duties on spices. They Parish- the attendance of divine worship in their o n: had a p nart, he was happy in being able to say that the in- deed involved a considerable amount of revenue ; but he and thate urches. He trusted that this would be remedied . , telligence was perfectly sat i s f ac t or y. T o one part of time trusted and believed that the proposed change would not ~,, to the bastardy clause of the Act would be so revised motion of time Hon. Gentleman h e s h ou ld o bject, as lie involve the sacrifice of any considerable amount of duty. •:_eprevent the disclosure of immodest circumstances in stated on a former occasion, namely, for time Return of the H e wou ld endeavour, in a few sentences, to show how much ee n Court. number of Marines employed on time northern coast of might be done by attention to subjects of this nature, and Mr. D . w the Nobl * HARVEY said it had been observed by Spain. He should have no objection, however, to lay the by judicious reductions of duty. Ile would state to the the e Lord (Russell) that the originator of the Bill, dispatches of Lord John Hay respecting the affair at Fon- Hous e what had been the loss on a number of articles the Excite Noble Lord (Althorp) at that time Chancellor of time tarabia on time table. If, therefore, the Hon. Gentleman duties on which had been reduced in time years 1832, 1833, eau_ entry, deserved the confidence and support of the made a slight alteration in his motion there would be no ob- an d 1834. He would not allude to articles of importance, d ia . n e t u .Y tee In following up a measure fraught with so many jection to agree to it, and thus the House would be fur- but l•eferred to those which were classed as producing a o ":, w 1 . i ... s with so much energy and promptitude, lie (Mr. Dished with time information sought for, and his Hon. small amount of duty. By the reduction of time duties on with Iv , tlarvey) feared that the energy and promptitude Friend • • would not be troubled by h av i ng to put any more articles of this description, they would have been justified in i c , , inch this measure was carried o Chad dquestions on the subject. that a eal of exhaustion • Low no in the Government, and that they had Mr. MACLEAN had understood from his Hon. Friend amount of 411,000/. That was taking it for granted that one energytittle left for anything else"--( Hear, bear)—for if that there would be no objection to furnish time information the quantity of the article imported would be the same ract erase d of the energy and promptitude which have cha- required, and had therefore abstained from bringing forward in amount after the reduction of the duty as it was before ; i li a` the progress of this measure, affecting as it a formal motion, as he supposed that the papers would be it was also assuming that the consumption did not a eon million s oe person s and millions of property—had at once l a id u p on the table. His Hon. Friend had con- increase. The real foss of revenue from the duties on would extended to other subjects, be thought they ceded all that he required, except that which he thought these articles was, last year, 240,000/., so that the loss was nlattersnot then find the order book so crowded with necessary fo r th e e l uc id a tion of the subject, namely, time little more than 60 per cent., instead of being a total loss, Motive standing for consideration—matters partial in their return of' time number of Marines. as might fairly have been anticipated.—(Hear, hear.) He the . c , and dubious in their utility.—(Hear, bear.)—The Mr. C. WOOD re f erre d t o th e vo t es i n or der to show wo uld take the article nuts, the duty on which had been in r the workhouses having been so highly extolled, he that his Hon. Friend had on two separate occasions given reduced, in 1832, from two shillings to one shilling a pound. ew no than better or more proper course that could be adopted notice that h e s h ou ld ma k e his motion on rea di ng th e first 'File estimated loss was 22,5001., but the real loss was not „ to make it compulsory on the State paupers who at Order of the D a y ; b u t l ie h a d not d one so . N o motion more than 380/. Again, the duty on cocoa was reduced tee.present the ir moment were actually d er ivi ng th e means o f had been made on the subject, and therefore the returns from 6d. to 2d. a pound. The estimated loss was 10,0001., i toe _,scandalous and shameful supp or t f rom th e l a b our a nd had not been laid on the table. Whenever the returns but time net loss was only 5,000/. Again, on the articl e th e l ' t rY of those very persons whose co n ditio n th e y were were moved for they should be furnished iinmediately, for madder and madder roots the estimated loss was 14,5001., ,rbi ratherir considering than commiserating.—( Hear, hear.) he had them in his pocket. In reply to the last observe- w hil e the net loss was only 7,300/. Taking the article cur e non lne l,, _ 0 .Gentleman concluded by urging. the Govern- tion of his Hon. Friend, he begged to observe that it was r an t s , the duty on which had been so recently reduced, it t i nis ": s consent to an inquiry into the subject now in a not usual on all occasions to publish the lists of the killed wou ld a ppear, that although the duty given up was per i'_ ,t calmness and prosperity, rather than defer it till a and wounded, although this was the case on important 0 00,000/., the loss was only 1:30,000/. Although the duty so l e u. when the exasperation of the people should become occasions. had only been reduced two years, the net loss was little g r li_as to render concession or refusal alike daneerous. After a few words from Sir E. KNATC HBULL, more than two-thirds of the estimated loss of 200,0004 „, '' BROKE VEIiE thought that when such enor- Mr. 'MACLEAN saidthat I j,"s powers he wo u ld a t once make his (Hear, hear.) He mentioned these cases to show what -er wers were given to any body of' men as were con- motion, had been done, and what might be done, by a judicious re bored by time new law upon the Poor-law Commissioners, it The SPEAKER suggested that it would be more re- duction of ta. • aged Parliament to see that those , 'cation on articles apparently producing a small e aere ,__ , i gnera 'seu• At time present moment the House was wholly there was no opposition to giving them. cases, he should be able to induce the House to persist in ated. nt of the rules by which poor-houses were now regu- THE CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. pursuing the course that had been followed with so much drat Mr. vi r On the motion of Mr. C. P. THOMSON, the House advantage.—(Cheers.) th LLIERS required some evidence to satisfy him resolved itself into Committeeßill. on this Dr. BOW RING said, the House and the country k n e new poor-law was as bad as was stated, because he Mr. C. Pew th e f 1 P. THOMSON, owing ter the prosperous state might be congratulated on the progress of commercial re the Act a sehosd and fallacy which was current before of the revenue, was enabled to propose the reduction of forni, and might derive encouragement, the President e ement, not only from the Poor Was passed, with regard to the feelings of the duties on a number of articles,• d . ' in addition to those which statements of the of the Board of Trade, but nia. _ on the subject of parochial dependence. It was he had stated former •from what waspassing in on a occasion. He had been long h it w e a d Y . said and believed that the English labourer anxious to propose to United States offered a the House the reduction of duty in s splendid example of time advance eon , t° depend upon parish relief. Now he knew time one particular nee 'rarY to be time case, for when h commenced his in- present too class of articles which he thought were at and the success of a liberal policy in matters of trade. He llurY, he deter mired e s _heavily taxed ; but lie had hitherto been p re . held in his hand the last commercial returns ; they exhi to go among the poor themselves, and vented from doing so. T he articles he alluded to were a bited since the lowering of the tariff an increase of ex earnfromh them what their feel' were on the subject, class of s • Imes, and he had come to time determination of ports to the amount of thirty millions of dollars, and of the e could assure Hon. Memb m e g r s s;tilat what they called recommending to the Committee . the proposed . reductions imports t o the _exten . t of fifty millions. He had to pro triee.rpoor were far more intelligent ' as to the practices of of duty, after the best eonsidFration he could give time sub- pose sundry modifications, which he hoped would be sane- Clutibettersth,s! _ than they had the credit of Leine He found ject, and after ma nycommunications . with the trade.. There honed by the . Right on ; Gentleman. They principally s pacing a perfect insight into the selfishness . and fraud were four articles the duty on winch pressed heavily, and regarded ar ticles from France, in which he might be : flys which they were degraded to be and the al- respecting which it was important deviseagreed with him, that time system lvas a cunningly-Y namely, pepper, pimento, as eto make alterations— supposed to feel a in interest, and he would take ~e s, and mace. The present . occasion to state, in answer to those who had so fi.e them tod the for lowering their wages, and humbling duty on pepper was one shilling pound, and the price of quently repeated that no changes had been obtained in 4 "ire to le lowest pitch which the most selfisii master could that article in bond was only 471 a pound : he intended to France, that the exports of our manufactures, which for not we , see. Man after man had told him' that the • did propose to reduce the duty to 6d a a pound. This was a duty many years before 1830 had not reached to half a mil th isn to go to the parish for relief, but that farmers and which might appear high in . comparisonnd with the value of the lion sterling, were in the last year a million and a half, or e ici. employ ersto of labourers gave them starving in article, but still there was a co k wages , l that reduction in the or an increase of 200 per cent. He proposed that the duty u _ o drive them there toof ' duty.He was satisfiedsi were relieved iheard also, from labourein•smtheemo themselves s p t e h o a p t e m p a a n y. amount duties ia t 1 Ie s o articles, the consumptiont't by such reductions of on verdigris should be reduced from the sixpence pro- e thee ievedwould be greatly in- posed by the Right Hon. Gentleman to 3d. per pound. by the petty shopkeepers, if ' the • would creased, and the revenue would not nkl'af_oa parish money at th • i •• d l had ) heard andthe great object their s lops and he at same one suffer any great loss, 'He vrished also to reduce tame duty on French plums to 7s. uer "Y poor man say, that vlthey to the would be effected— per cwt. It was ve ry difficult to distinguish between th on s e,off than themselves getting when saw men no name l y , pu tti ng a s t o p . adulteration of the article as plums and prunes, and the distinction of the duty • not , re nas and eet they lieu as good a ge rio t h in t g relief, why they had sold at . present, and by which the poorer classe s were worth preserving. He would also propose a reduction of hardly io""cothat they had been induced''to get it as theyhad, greatly injured. He need remind Hon. Gentlemen duty on foreign books. tia Les n t s i e cluence. And they allto a pply for parish money th a t pepper was a condiment extensively used by the poorer M. MART expressed his satisfaction attime reduce w ere b _°,at they remembered spok . e o f the . change from classes, and . that by this reduction. of duty the demand tions m a d e by hi s Right Hon. Friend, but regretted that Vini e vtter, they wouldn e ver and said that . if their . wages for the article would be greatly increased. Instead of los- lie had n o t included Neapolitan olive oil amongst those ien d g ,) i mpression - articles on which h e bad to lessen the proposed duty. ; 1. 1 g °al tiler • then was, that in every parish of the posed, he did not calculate that they would lose more than An H lee ego eo e uere a fair proportion of tl , 11 •er f ors. s EMBER asked why the duty on chicory was o' 000/ 30 000/ I tl t . 1 ' me poor noet e rom ....), .to , . n le ar lc e o pimento le increased ' I vvri under the old poor-law system, and who would also thought that there should be a reduction fd o uty. Mr. P. THOMSON replied that it was in order to pre- vent fraud with respect to coffee. With this view he pro posed a duty of 20s. in th e cwt . on ground chicory. Dr. BOWRING moved, " That the duty on French plums be reduced to 7s. per cwt. ; that on verdigris to 3d. per lb. ; and that on books printed since 1801, to 20s. per cwt." Mr. P. THOMSON objected to these motions, which were withdrawn. Mr. BAINES recommended that the oil of the two Sicilies, which was the best, should be received into this kingdom on the same terms as the oil of other countries. Mr. P. THOAIFSON said that if the suggestion of his Hon. Friend were adopted by the Government, it would take out of their power the means of enforcing the system of reciprocity on which it had been determined to act. The present price was the result of the failure of the crop, which had occurred for the last two years, and which had the effect or giving a monopoly to the producers of olive oil. He had no doubt but that in time the matter would be satisfactorily adjusted ; and if, after the lapse of a certain period, it were not, Government would be prepared to exercise the powers entrusted to it with the view of at• taining that object. Mr. HUTT felt it his duty to move that the duty on plums be reduced to 7s. per cwt. Mr. P. THOMPSON opposed the motion. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw ; but no divi sion took place, and the motion was withdrawn. The Bill was reported to the House. TITHES COMMUTATION BILL—CONSIDERA, _ _ _ _ _ TION OF LORDS' AMENDMENTS. Lord J. RUSSELL moved the order of the day for considering the amendm en t s o f t h e L ords to this Bill. Mr. I'. LENNARD objected t o t h e fi rst amendment. Lord J. RUSSELL did not think the amendment was one of any great importance, nor did be think it so objec tionable as the Hon. Member did. After a short conversation Mr. T. LENNARD with, drew his objection, and the amendment was agreed to. Mr. H. CURTEIS objected to another of the Lords' amendments in the 9th clause, which substituted the word " oath" for " declaration." Mr. HUME supported the objection. Lord J. RUSSELL in principle certainly preferred de clarations to oaths ; but he was understood to support the amendment. Mr. HUME hoped the Noble Lord would give them his vote against this amendment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the objection a groundless one in respect to the oaths required by this Bill. The House then divided— For the motion Against it 3O Majority in favour of the Lords' amendment —.52 The amendments were agreed to down to clause 41. Mr. CURTEIS proposed that this clause (41) should_ retain its original position in the Bill. The House divided upon the question that the amend ment of the Lords be agreed to. Ayes Noes Majority The remaining amendments were agreed to. Mr. HUME remarked that this was the proper time for asking whether some means would not be taken to provide for the payment of Church-rates. He thought they ought to provide for them out of the surplus arising from tithes ; if some such plan were not adopted dissatisfaction would be felt by the public. Lord J. RUSSELL did not consider this the proper time for taking this subject into consideration. MURDERERS' EXECUTION ACT. Mr. AGLIONBY called the attention of the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for the Home Department to some circumstances which had occurred with respect to this Act. The Act received the Royal assent on the 14th July. On the lath a man was sentenced at Winchester and exe cuted on the 15th. There was time for the judge to have received notice of the Royal assent being given. In Ireland, lie believed, the judges could have received notice on the 17th. In Clonmel two men were sentenced on the 21st, and the next day another. In these cases the old law was carried into effect. He wanted to know whether means could not have been taken to have the notification of the Royal assent being given. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL took blame to himself for not taking care that the Bill came into operation in a month--on the Ist of September, or some certain day after passing the Act—instead of its being in operation the mo ment after it received the Royal assent. Mr. HUME thought that the passing of the Act could never be known in sufficient time until the present monopoly was at an end. Mr. AGLIONBY said it was his intention that the Bill should come into immediate operation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that in Winchester the man was sentenced on the 13th, and the Act did not re ceive the Royal assent till the 14th. In that case the Judge was not to be blamed. He did not know until the Bill was printed that the Act was to come into operation, and he desired the Under Secretary of State to have the in formation conveyed to the Judges as soon as possible. COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee. Mr. WAKLEY having moved the third reading of the Medical Witnesses Bill, it was moved as an amendment that the House be counted, when there appearing to be only 39 Members present, the House adjourned at a quar ter to three o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, AUGUST 1. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at the usual hour. • The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition signed by 800 persons, against the Bill for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt ; also a petition against the Dis senters Marriages Bill. Mr. BERN 1L and others from the Commons brought up the Charitable Trustees Bill, the Court of Sessions (Scotland) Bill, the Foreign Colli er i es Bill , and several other Bills ; message was aso brought requesting a copy of the evidence taken before the House of Lords on the Stafford (Borough) Disfranchisement Bill. Earl GREY presented a petition in favour of the Sco of Durham Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Portsmouth in favour of a railw a y from Portsmouth to Lon don ; also a petition from the clergy of the diocese of Meath against any further reduction in the amount of the tithes to be paid to the Irish Clergy. Lord TEYN H A NI presented a petition against the Poor Laws Amendment Bill, and gave notice that next sessiou he should move for a Committee to investigate the working of the present system of Poor Laws. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. Lord FITZGERALD and VESCI moved the second reading of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill. Lord TEMPLEMORE would not object to the second reading of the Bill, but he would feel it his duty to object to the last clause but one of the Bill, which he conceived to be most objectionable in its principle. He begged to move the .introduction of a clause, the purport of which was that the Shareholders should be prevented from pro ceeding with the works unless they had obtained the sanc tion of Mr. Verner, through whose property the line passed, and also the sanction of the Admiralty. The Duke of LEINSTER objected to the introduction of such a clause. The Bill had received very general support in its present shape, and he would not consent to any clause the effect of which would be to suspend, at any time, the entire operation of the Company. Lord FITZGERALD and VESCI said there never was a Bill which had received so large a share of public support as the present, and it would, in his opinion, be of very great benefit to that part of the country. The line was 32 miles long, and, because it passed through one mile of Mr. Verner's property, their Lordships were now called upon to sanction the introduction of a clause which would at any time arrest the progress of the works along the entire line. He should most decidedly oppose it. The Marquis of WESTMEATH also opposed the clause. Lord TEMPLEMORE replied, and strangers were or dered to withdraw, but no division took place. The clause was then added to the Bill, after which the Bill was read a third time and passed. PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENT. The Duke of RICHMOND moved the third reading of the Parochial Assessment Bill. Lord DACRE moved an amendment to the first clause, the object of which we did not distinctly catch. The Duke of RICHMOND opposed the amendment. After a few words from Lord LIVERPOOL, the fur ther consideration of the Bill was postponed till to-morrow. RAILWAYS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in moving that an ad dress be presented to his Majesty on Railways, would observe that the subject was one of very great importance, not only to this country but to Ireland. The object of the prezent motion w as t h at a Commission should be appointed, by whom som e general report should be made upon the diffe rent lines of railway in Ireland, to be submited to Parliament next session. It was most important that that report should b e made. by competent persons, and by the present proposition it was intended that his Ma jesty should authorize the Board of Works in Ire land to consider the various plans submitted to them, and thus a general survey by persons best qualified for that purpose would be made, before the particular Railway came before their Lordships or the other House of Parlia ment, and made, he would add, by a competent and im partial Board.--(Hear, hear.) He regretted that such a plan b a d not b een adopted with respect to England, as it would have tended much to lessen the enormous expense and protracted competition for rival lines that had lately taken place. Ireland was as yet a virgin soil, untouched almost by such undertakings, anti in making the present ' motion, he wished it to be distinctly understood, that how ever strong the recommendation of the Board might be, the assistance of the public would stop there. The Noblo Mar quis then submitted his motion. The Duke of LEINSTER expressed his gratitude to the Noble Marquis for having brought forward such a pro position. Lord FITZGERALD and VESCI cordially supported the motion, which was then agreed to. MARRIAGES (ENGLAND) BILL. Upon the bringing up the report, In clause 12, The Bishop of EXETER moved, as an amendment, that the words " on oath," after the word " declaration," should be inserted. Lord \VYNFORD moved as an amendment that the words "affirmation in cases where the law provided that an affirmation should be taken," should be inserted. The amendment of Lord Wynford was agreed to will.- out a division. Upon clause 80, j The Bishop of GLOUCESTER moved an amendment, to the effect that in cases in which a caveat was entered against the granting of a license, the superintending regis trar should he required to refer the matter to the regis trar-general. Viscount MELBOURNE said be thought the arner ,d _ ment of the Right Rev. Prelate entirely unnecessar- ,. Lord PLUNKET said that it w o uld be suiV,i ent for all the purposes of justice that an appeal sh:ould lie from the superintending registrar to the re gistrear-general: After a few word s f rom the ishop of HEREFORD and the Earl of RIPON, the amendment wns postponed. In clause 20, Viscount 114,11.1LBOURNE rose for the purpose of mov ing that the words introduced into this clause in the Com mittee. on the motion of a Right Rev. Prelate, be struck out, It was first proposed to allow Dissenters to celebrate marriage according to their own customs, and that a civil officer should attend at the ceremony to verify the contract. This was objected to by Noble Lords opposite, and conse quently it became necessary to introduce a declaration for the purpose of satisfying- the Registrar that the marriage had been contracted. The words inserted by the Right Rev. Prelate gave a religious character to the declare. ion. This he (Viscount Melbdurne) undoubtedly thoufat open to considerable objection. Their Lordships then divided, upon the *question that the words proposed to be omitted stand v.:ft of the Bill : Contents Non -content s 72 Upon our return the gallery we found Lord PLUNY;ET proposed an amendment upon the 25th clause, to the effect that it should not be lawful to im peach or invalidate any marriage on the ground of the Qilect of any forms which by this - Bill were made neces ary to entitle parties to receive a license or certificate. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that, as he understood it, the object of the Noble Lord was this, that marriages once solemnized should be good, no matter what irregularity might have taken place.—(" Hear, hear," from Lord Plun ket.) Now if he (Lord Ellenborough) were to look at the question upon principle, undoubtedly he could find no ob jection to it ; but he really did think that it was of so much importance that it ought to be the subject of a separate Bill, rather than be introduced suddenly and unexpectedly into the present Bill. Lord PLUNKET said by the present Bill parties might marry by certificate ; that certificate was, however, guarded by certain previous forms, and lie did contend that this would be a trap to involv e persons in marriages that might be annulled if, when they introduced those new forms, they (lid not also introduce a proviso that the neglect of those forms, though punishable, should not have the effect of an nulling the marriage. Lord WYNFORD opposed the amendment. Lord ELLENBORO UGH would strongly recommend to their Lordships to make this Bill in conformity with the present law. Lord HOLLAND contended that the principle of nul lity ought not to be extended further than it was carried by the existing law. Lord ELLENBOROUGH believed that the Bill as then stood was precisely in conformity with the existing law ; there could be no doubt that it was the intention of Parliament to make it so. Lord PLUNKET could answer the Noble Baron that the Bill was not in conformity with the present state of the law. Howeve ,if he found that the sense of the House was not with him he could not take upon himself, with his knowledge of the law on the subject, the responsibility of pressing his amendment. Lord LYNDHURST proposed that as they had not seen the proposition of the Noble Lord in the Bill it should be printed, and the Noble Lord should move it again on the third reading, at the same time suggesting that the different forms alluded to should be distinctly and in terms specified in the motion. Lord PLUNKET thanked the Noble and Learned Lord for his suggestion, and expressed his readiness to adopt it. The amendment was accordingly postponed. On clause 36 being proposed, Lord ELLENBO ROUGH thought it desirable that the penalties provided by the clause should be struck out. According to the clause as it stood, if a female did not state her age correctly, she was held liable to a very severe penalty. Now it was well known that ladies had a par ticular objection to state their ages correctly, and it was notorious that in many instances where ladies had become the purchasers of Government annuities, they had paid more than would otherwise he necessary, in consequence of describing themselves to be younger than they really were.—(A laugh.) He would propose, after the words " touching such marriage," that the part of the clause that provided penalties should be omitted. The amendment was agreed to. The other clauses of the Bill were then agreed to, and ,be House resumed. REGISTRATION OP BIRTHS BILL. On the motion that this Bill be a third time, Lord WYNFORD was opposed to the principle of the Bill. The intention of the measure was to give to the Dissenters a better mode of registration. To that he had no objection, but he did not wish that this should be ac complished in a manner that would subject the members of the Church of England to inconvenience and expense. Lord ELLENBOROUGII moved some supplementary clauses, which were agreed to, after which the Bill was read a third time and passed. THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH BILL. The Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Established Church Bill having been read, Lord LYNDHURST perfectly approved of the ap pointment of the Ecclesiastical Commission. However, there was a point on which he was anxious to say a few words, though he was not prepared to offer any amendment respecting it. He alluded to the abolition of the bishopric of Sodor and Man as an independent bishopric, and its junction with the see of Carlisle. The situation of the Bishops of Sodor and Man was peculiar, and different from that of other Bishops. The Bishop was a member of the legislative body and of the executive government of the island. He was, moreover, cx officio, principal trustee of the charitable institutions there. The abolition of this see was decidedly against the feelings of the inhabitants of the island, and he would therefore express a hope that the bishopric of Sodor and Man would be excepted from the general alterations proposed by this Bill. The Bishop of ROCHESTER fully concurred ist 11 that had been said by the Noble and Learned Lord. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY defended the course taken by the Church Commissioners. They did not think, considering that there were only eighteen parishes in the island, that the number was sufficient, according to the principle they applied, to constitute a distinct see. Lord LYNDHURST, with all possible deference to the Commissioners, did not think that the case of the Isle of Man was analogous to that of the other bishoprics. It was, he might almost say, a separate kingdom. It had a separate legislature, and he did not see why they should make it conformable with the rest of the kingdom in respect to its bishopric, when they considered it distinct in point of legislature. Viscount MELBOURNE thought that the whole sub ject had already been fully considered, and that in conse quence of the fewness of the parishes, it was not thought that the residence of a bishop would b e necessary. The Earl of RIPON did not think the Isle of Man should be deprived of its Bishop. Lord LYNDHURST thought that TIO suffi cient reason for the abolition of this bishopric had been' assigned. _ Lord HOLLAND belieyed that several petitions had been presented to th e i r Lordships' House from the Isle of Man in favour of the proposed measure. The Bishop of ROCHESTER was understood to deny this, and to say that the petitions presented were for the augmentation of the small livings, and not in reference to their having a resident Bishop. The Bishop of EXETER considered that it would be most inconvenient to join the Isle of Man with the bishop ric of Carlisle. It would require the Bishop of Carlisle to make one or two voyages a year to the island ; and this he was satisfied would be incompatible with the due discharge of his other duties. The Marquis of LANSUOWNE contended that the Bishop of Carlisle would be fully capable of performing all the duties required of him. The Duke of WELLINGTON thought that, at all events, their Lordships were bound to take care that the duties now performed by the Bishop of this island should be properly discharged hereafter. The subject had been fully considered by the Commissioners ; and he, for one, was anxious to give his support to the recommendations which they bad made, at the same time that he was desir ous of supporting the Church. After some further observations from Lord LYND- i i m i v U atn ß b S l ' e f w a a n s d po t s h t e pon A e l d ar . quis of CLANRICARDE, the On the first clause being put, The Bishop of EXETER proposed an amendment, to the effect that the Commissioners should not be perpetual or a corporation, as proposed by the Bill ; but that they should, looking to futurity, be appointed merely for tilts purposes of the Act. The LORD CHANCELLOR was understood tq 611, pose the amendment. Their Lordships divided, and the numbers weream Contents lO Non.contents 31 Majority wr.:r i e . the Su—bsAuent The clause was th en agree d to, al clauses d own t o c l ause 8 . Clause 9 was omitted. On clause 10 being put, The Bishop of EXI7,'ER proposed DS tm amendment e t e h p e t i . n in se t r h t e io n of sioners should 4 r' .....'0V150, to the effect that the Commis "..ot Lave power to alier.ateChurch lands, ex a.,:ilendment c . ase of the see of Durl'..am. \r'._.oun-t MELBOURNE v, as understood to oppose the Their Lordships divided, and the numbers were— Contents 7 Non -contents 32 The remiai sumed, and the report tin Majority g clauses Were agreed to, the House re day. Ir.-As ordered to be received onThurs- At the suggestion of the Marquis of CL AN RICARDE, the discussirA on the Catholics' Marriages Bill was post poned t;.',' t Thursday ; so was the Stafford Freemen's Bill. Me Civil Bills Court (Ireland) Bill was brought up, and the clauses, after a few remarks, agreed to. Several Bills were forwarded a stage, and the House ad journed at Half-past Ten o'Clock. WEXFORD-THURSDAY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) " Fortuna, nimium quos fovet, stultos facit."---Baeox. This sentence is applicable to the Conservative or Tory part of the community throughout the kingdom ; but is peculiarly so to the greater part of the Protestant gentry of this county. They have been so long accustomed to live upon the people, without any reciprocity of kindly feeling on their part, or interchange of good offices, that they cannot by any possibility understand that progress of events which is bestowing on every class of his Majesty's subjects a station and influence proportionate to their property, use fulness, or intelligence. And yet, the gentry of this county were the very first in Ireland that were made sensible of the power of the people within the last twenty years. In the year 1818, the present Lord Carew and Mr. Colclough, by appealing to the people, and denouncing Toryism, beat the Tory Lords, Stopford and Valentia, after one of the most memorable contests in the history of elections ; and since that period the county has been free. Indeed, during the last few years, no Tory or Ascendancy-man has as such ventured to become a candidate ; nor have any principles been declared except Whig principles, by candidates for any public situation—so triumphant has the good cause become, and so vacillating are the Tories in the political faith that is in them. Yet in the face of this manifest and acknow ledged change of circumstances, too many still hold out for the ancient regime, and seem to expect impossibilities, as if Sir Robert Peel's, or any other sane Tory's assumption of the reins of Government, could retard the progress of events, much less bring back the halcyon days of their former domination ! These are, however, only a few of the observations on the present state of Ireland, which locality has suggested. In future communications from this county, 1 propose me n ti on i ng t o you many c i rcumstances which my present residence, and its association of ideas, would seem to develope. When you call to mind the fact that this was the first part of Ireland, which upwards of 600 years ago, became subject to British dominion, and received a British settlement, you will easily imagine how fertile it must be in resources, from which commentaries may be made on the past and present history of the country. Here it was that the profligate Dermod M'Murragh, King of Leinster, completed his treachery, by the introduction of a foreign power to protect himself from the honest indigna tion of his countrymen ; and here it was, that, at subse quent periods —some of them not very remote—the bravest struggles were made against foreign invasion and domestic tyranny. And here, at this moment, are to be found the best models of national industry and patriotism, and the basis of all the happiness that long since ought to have been, and still may be effected, by British connection. The inhabitants of the county of Wexford are more civilized and hospitable than those of most of the other parts of Ireland, and consequently afford opportunities to strangers sojourn ing among them for information as to their rea sentiments and condition. A particular friend of mine is spending his summer months on the sea coast, in one of the most inte resting baronies ; by means of his hospitality and observa tion, and such enquiries as I shall be enabled to make, in a few rural excursions, I expect to furnish you, during the prorogation of Parliament, with some strictures or com mentaries on the state of this long mismanaged country, which I hope may prove interesting to that class of your English readers, who, with yourself; have of late so bene ficently directed your attention to Ireland. In discharge of this duty I shall bear in mind the three following pro positions :- 1. How Ireland has been governed since the first esta blishment of the British dynasty here. 2. What seems to be the policy of the present Govern ment towards her. 3. The facilities and difficulties affecting the accomplish ment of this policy. I could just now write you a long paragraph on the " state of parties" in this county, without any reference whatever to the great distinction between Whig and Tory policy. But as local bickerings excite no curiosity beyond the precincts of individual acquaintanceship, and there are two liberal Newspapers here which edify the public with the personal pique of themselves and their partizans towards each other, I shall only express my regret that the influence and example of an independent county like Wexford, should be diminished by the most frivolous disagreement between the Liberals themselves. A friend whispers that the ex pected visit of the Lord Lieutenant will put. an end to squabbles, whose strongest basis is rivalry in the cause of freedom. CAPT. 13RENTON'S NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.—The republication, in a cheap form, of this truly national work, has excited a groat sensation among the naval profession, and it will leave a strong and last ing impression on the public in general. We find by the publication (which has just taken taken place) of the 3rd monthly part (price 3s. 6d.) that the whole work will, by the aid of close, alth oug h neat and clear printing, be comprised in eight parts, with numerous Portraits of distinguished Officers, &c. ; so that there are few persons who will not be able to possess themselves of this ad mirable tribute to the valour and renown of the Navy of England. We arc glad to observe that the work is also in course of re-appearance, in about 24 weekly shilling numbers, and containing the same embellishments as the monthly parts. DINNER TO THE BARD OF HOPE.---A meeting held yesterday at the Waterloo hotel, the Lord Provost in the chair, it was unanimously resolved that an invitation should bo sent to Thomas Campbell, Esq., to accept of a public dinner from the citizens of Edinburgh, and that Lord ;Jeffrey and and Professor Wilson be solicited to preside on the occasion. A committee, composed of gentlemen of all shades of politics, was appointed to carry the resolution of the meeting into effect, the Lord Provost convener, and Mr. Henry G. Bell deputy convener. The greatest possible unanimity of sentiment pre vailed, and a great anxiety was evinced on all hands, that, on such an interesting occasion, no party views of any kind should mar a festival dedicated solely to admiration of the genius and talent of one of Scotland's most gifted sons. —Edinburgh Paper of Thursday. THE DIARY OF A DESENNUYEE.—" The writer of this Diary, and the heroine of the tale, is an Irish widow— young, handsome, well-connected, and wealthy. She passes a season in London, visits some of the most frequented parts of Germany, is initiated into the mysteries of fashionable life in Paris, and ultimately returns to England, to terminate her diary and her widowhood together. The work is a shrewd and pungent satire on the vices and frivolities which distinguish the higher classes of society in Louc'on and Paris, illustrated by a variety of Portraits, many of which have very much the air of being taken from living originals. To a certain, and, we fear, a numerous class of readers , this last circumstance will be a powerful recomendation."—Morning Post. - - - i d 3 has encoun tereo many p e's Villachnge a Twickenham, which s at Twickenham, the poet's death, h as a l ways been co nsidered classic ground. There are, h owever, b ut few a re maining memorials to remind the visitor of its original. The weeping willow planted by Pope, was sacreligiously cut down by as arrant a Goth and despoiler as he who rooted up the planted by Sh a k speare i n his garden at Strat ford-upon-Avon. The gr o tt o un d er a part of,the house, and tmiueiubrenrrYtree tothe memory of his mother, whom lie fondly and af fectionately loved, placed on a pedestal in the garden, are the only preserved relics of Pope's taste and affectionate seneibility in that favoured retreat. VA unEVILLES.—The church of the oratorians was much frequented by persons of the court. In order to attract still larger audiences, Father Bourgoin thought of adopting the words of the Psalms and Canticles to the melo dies of songs, love-ballads, and sarabands then in vogue. These Vaudevilles met with an enthusiastic reception. The lovers of music were so delighted with this new feature in the service, that they styled the oratorians 'tres reverends penes du beau chant' (the very reverend fathers of sweet song.) It was under the name of Voix-de-ville' that the little airs and popular songs were designated . In the reign o f Ch ar l es IX. appeared the " Airs of the Court," the melodies and words of which were in no respect distinguished from the Voix-de-ville." From a voix-de-ville" we have by corrup. tion Vaudeville; and hence the term has been transferred to those little domestic dramas that are interspersed with popular airs and ballads.—lifusical World. ..... di ;f• 111 p 1 °T ir , :r s 05 101 1 g; for, 5 01 isd 0)' ow ,pe, ler, ,o